GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |